Seekirch

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	Coordinates: 48 ° 6 '  N , 9 ° 39'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Tübingen
County :	Biberach
Height :	595 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.77 km 2
Residents:	296 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	51 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	88422
Area code :	07582
License plate :	BC
Community key :	08 4 26 109
Address of the municipal administration:	Mayor's office 88422 Seekirch
Website :	www.seekirch.de
Mayor :	Stefan Koch
Location of the municipality of Seekirch in the district of Biberach

Seekirch is a small community in the Biberach district in Upper Swabia , directly on the Federsee .

history

The dugout canoe found in Seekirch in 2012 dates from the Neolithic Age . Seekirch was first mentioned in a document in 805. In 1373 the Lords of Seekirch are named who built Seekirch Castle .

The Krenkinger

The pastor and local researcher Johann Evangelist Schöttle, who spent his twilight years in Seekirch, points out in his writings on the history of the Klettgau that the Krenkingers, as a dynasty family in Seekirch am Federsee, set up their own ministerials . Documents from the Marchtal monastery would prove this over a period of 100 years.

The Krenkinger owned castle and castle bottoms in Seekirch, and in 1373 Johann von Krenkingen, as a fiefdom , confimed the refutation of Heinrich von Pflumper for the home tax and the morning gift of his housewife Ursula Grätterin (von Stafflangen ) with the castle at Seekirch at 500 pounds of yellow Heller. 1390 sold John of Krenkingen as lord the Widumhof because the Church and the Church set ingehörendt supplied authorities with Irish, large and small tithes, the vordran feud has been andt from me all mines and located church law of churches ze Sitzenkirch, the village at Buchoer lake against the Widemhof, the churches and the church set of the village of Nüffra as they were owned by Ludwig von Hornstein and his ancestors so far. Given the Monday after St. Margretentag 1390, sealed by Diethalmen Schiltar von Konstanz and Cunradt von Marzburg, citizens of Prague. Seekirch came under Württemberg sovereignty in 1806.

After the Oberamt Zwiefalten, the community first fell to the Oberamt Riedlingen, then in 1938 to the Saulgau district. In 1973 Seekirch came from the district of Saulgau to the district of Biberach (BC) as part of the district reform. Like eight other communities, Seekirch also joined the Bad Buchau community administration association.

statistics

Seekirch is one of the smallest in terms of population and one of the youngest in terms of age in the Biberach district .

religion

Seekirch is Roman Catholic and the seat of a parish.

politics

Municipal council

The town council in Seekirch has eight members. It consists of the voluntary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, the local council was elected by majority vote. Majority voting takes place if no or only one nomination has been submitted. The applicants with the highest number of votes are then elected. The turnout was 65.7% (2014: 68.0%).

mayor

In December 2011 Stefan Koch was elected to succeed Anton Daiber with 100% of the votes. Koch took up his post in January 2012.

Together with the community of Alleshausen, the community maintains a primary school in Alleshausen.

Buildings

• Church of St. Mary of the Assumption
• Forum Seekirch

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  Catholic Church

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  View of the Federsee, with 3300 hectares the largest moor in southwest Germany

literature

• Paul Kopf: 1200 years of Seekirch. Things worth considering from history . In: BC. Local history sheets for the Biberach district , 28th year (2005), issue 1, pp. 3–24
• Paul Kopf: Seekirch, Alleshausen-Brasenberg, Tiefenbach . Federsee-Verlag, Bad Buchau 2007, ISBN 978-3-925171-69-7 ( table of contents )
• Johann Daniel Georg v. Memminger: community of Alleshausen. , from description of the Oberamt Riedlingen . Cotta, Stuttgart and Tübingen 1827 ( full text at Wikisource )
• Johann Evangelist Schöttle : Description and history of the parish Seekirch with its branches Alleshausen, Grafenberg and Tiefenbach. With an appendix: Oedenahlen and Bischmannshausen . In: Freiburg Diöcesan Archive . Volume 2, pp. 91–128, Freiburg 1866 ( digital version , PDF, 33.5 MB)

Web links

Commons : Seekirch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Paul Beck (ed.); Engelbert Hofele (ed.); Diocese Rottenburg (Ed.), Diocesan Archive of Swabia: Organ for history, antiquity, art and culture of the Diocese of Rottenburg and the adjacent areas . University of Heidelberg: Heidelberg historical holdings online
3. ^ Johann Evangelist Schöttle: Description and history of the parish Seekirch with its branches Alleshausen, Grafenberg and Tiefenbach. With an appendix: Oedenahlen and Bischmannshausen . In: Freiburg Diöcesan Archive . Volume 2, pp. 91–128, Freiburg 1866 ( digital version , PDF, 33.5 MB)
4. ↑ Preliminary results of the 2019 municipal council elections at the State Statistical Office